Are physicians creating a barrier to pre-conception care access? A qualitative study exploring patients' experiences and perspectives around pre-conception care.

Background: The pre-conception period is an unmissable opportunity to introduce preventive measures before pregnancy to improve maternal and fetal outcomes. Despite the global pre-conception initiatives and the 2030 Saudi national vision to promote maternal, fetal health and safety, various barriers still exist. This study focuses on exploring pre-conception care extensively from the patients' perspectives and their experience in accessing this type of care in the primary care setting.

Understanding primary health care physicians' perspective and approach to pre-conception care in Saudi Arabia.

Background: Pre-conception care is well known as part of opportunistic, proactive, preventive care for men and women throughout their reproductive years; to lower behavioural, environmental and health-related factors that could lead to poor maternal and foetal outcomes. Many studies have been conducted on the delivery of pre-conception care worldwide. However, no studies were conducted in Saudi Arabia on this topic.

Assessing correlation between students perception of the learning environment and their academic performance.

Objective: To assess the association between the learning environment and academic performance at medical colleges.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted in four medical colleges in 2014 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Online questionnaire was sent to final year medical students.